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Adelaide, Semaphore
Registered:
September 2004
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 HELP... Tyre track width
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Tue, 09 November 2004 03:41
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I am considdering the possibilities of going very old school on my ke55 coupe, by "fat and small".. I have found some 13x9 rims for the rear and 13x8 rims for the front. At first it was very difficult to find tyres for this combination as 235x50x13 isn't made anymore. 215x50x13 isn't a problem for the front as they are made for 7 1/2" rims, and at a squeeze can be fitted on the 8x13 rims. I have done some hunting around and since found some 235x50x13 tyres, but are retreads. Ultimately not what I really wanted, but will do the job.
Now for the main question....
I was told that I cannot go over the 1" extra on track width of the tyres by law. I am presuming that this is the measurement of the centre to centre of the tyres. Can someone explain how I would go about using the wide rims, if at all possible? I know there is a way of cutting the inside of the guards and widening it inwards, then shortening the axle (Tubbing), but this seems way too big a job to be engineered and probably very expensive.
As I said, I would like the look of the fat 13" wheels on the car, but if the track width won't work then I need to look at another alternative. I have seen a few cars in america with these on there cars and just covered over the outside with flared gaurds. Does this mean that it can be done and all I would have to do to change the track width, by using wider wheels and just get an engineers report?
As the title says HELP........ 
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